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In reply to the discussion: How did you get here? [View all]wandy
(3,539 posts)I had a relative that was into finding out about these things.
My Mothers side of the family immigrated to the US from northern Italy in the early 1920s.
Life being what it is, a few years ago, I darn near was sent on a business trip to what was my Grandmothers home town. The people I was working with actually knew people who had the same last name as Grandmother's madin name. I was assured I would find a 'cousin' or two.
It is my Fathers side of the family (Polish/Ucraian/Mongolan who knows!) that gets interesting. That side of the family appeared on Ellis Island in the early 1920s apparently out of thin air. No passage records, no prior history.
It was fashionable at the time to 'Americnise' the sir name so even citizen papers are 'iffy'.
A funny aside. The family name did not end in 'ski' but at one time was 'Americanised' to end in 'ski'. Go figure.
My best guess for my Fathers side of the family would be from Tralfamadore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tralfamadore
Who knows, I might even be related to Kilgore Trout.